The UAE’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced Monday that its air defence forces had intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi terrorist group at the UAE.

The ministry confirmed in a statement that “there were no casualties resulting from the attack and the fragments of the ballistic missile fell outside of populated areas.”

“The UAE air defence forces and the Coalition Command had succeeded in destroying the missile launcher in Yemen after identifying locations of the sites,” it added. 

A video of the successful destruction of the missile platform and launch site in Al-Jawf, Yemen was released by the MoD.

The MoD affirmed its “full readiness to deal with any threats”, and that it will “take all necessary measures to protect the UAE from any attacks”.

UAE MOD Joint Operations Command announces at 00:50 UAE time the destruction of platform for ballistic missile launched from Al-Jawf, Yemen towards UAE. Missile was intercepted at 00:20 by air defences. Video of successful destruction of missile platform and launch site pic.twitter.com/CY1AoAzfrp

— وزارة الدفاع |MOD UAE (@modgovae) January 30, 2022